Tag: habitat gardening
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Terra Foundation Grant: Reflections
Whew. I finished posting a series of articles on the Terra Foundation Grant which I received from the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference in April 2024. The grant was for $1000 toward native plants which support birds, with the additional requirement of turf removal and some additional things: “The Terra Foundation Residential Grant provides…
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Terra Foundation Grant: Species Observations
This is part of a series of posts that I am writing about the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April 2024. The grant’s purpose was to replace turf in a home landscape with native plants which would support birds. The grant had a series of requirements, and I have written blog posts about how…
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Terra Foundation Grant: Maintaining a Record of Plants
I received a Terra Foundation Grant in 2024, and this is part of a series of posts on the installation and impacts of the garden which has resulted from that. I’ve written one or more blog post on each of the requirements of the grant. You can find them on my website. Today’s post is…
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Planetary boundaries and habitat gardening: soil and carbon
I said in my last post that I would write a series to tackle the links between gardening/landscaping practices and planetary boundaries, with recommendations on how to shift your practices. This is the first such post, with recommendations specifically related to gardening-related CO2 emissions and climate change. (CO2 is just one greenhouse gas, and others…
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Terra Foundation Grant: Getting Plants from Local Growers
Reminder: I’m doing a series of posts on the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April of 2024. “The Terra Foundation Residential Grant provides $1,000 for native plant material to install a new garden where turf has been removed in a home landscape. The Terra Foundation is committed to biodiversity and water conservation.” The grant had extra…
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Terra Foundation Grant: Removing Existing Turf, Part 2. What I did, where I did it, and why.
Reminder: I’m doing a series of posts over probably the next two months or so on the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April of this year. “The Terra Foundation Residential Grant provides $1,000 for native plant material to install a new garden where turf has been removed in a home landscape. The Terra Foundation…
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Terra Foundation Grant: Removing Existing Turf, Part 1. Why and How.
Reminder: I’m doing a series of posts over probably the next two months or so on the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April of this year. “The Terra Foundation Residential Grant provides $1,000 for native plant material to install a new garden where turf has been removed in a home landscape. The Terra Foundation…
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Sunflowers and the Uncanny Valley
Sometimes, I feel I have to explain why there are “so many” sunflowers in my yard (when internally, my perception is that there is certainly more room for more sunflowers of all types). Talking with my son, a newly minted landscape architect, a native plant master, and an all-around good guy, I mused over the…
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Welcome back after this unscheduled interruption.
Whew, it’s been almost five months since my last post. That wasn’t planned! What have I been up to? Working as a propagator at a local nursery, expanding my expertise and trying to advocate for growing and stocking more native plants. Working to implement a Terra Foundation Grant in my yard: removing lawn and planting…
